welcomes reforms critical to Australia’s privacy future

“This is a vital set of proposals that will deliver significant gains for the Australian community,” Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said.

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OAIC

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https://www.oaic.gov.au/newsroom/oaic-welcomes-reforms-critical-to-australias-privacy-future

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Freitag, September 29, 2023

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Exercise, Review, Small business, Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, Australian Government, AGD, Privacy Act, Privacy, Record, Privacy Act 1988, Government, Parliament, OAIC, Compliance, Digital, Enforcement, Legislation, Online shopping

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“This is a vital set of proposals that will deliver significant gains for the Australian community,” Australian Information Commissioner and Privacy Commissioner Angelene Falk said.
“As the privacy regulator, it is pleasing to see support for the positive obligation that personal information handling is fair and reasonable, as a new keystone of the Australian privacy framework,” Commissioner Falk said.
“Key developments include enabling individuals to exercise new privacy rights and take direct action in the courts if their privacy is breached.
The proposed privacy reforms follow the passing in November 2022 of the Privacy Legislation Amendment (Enforcement and Other Measures) Bill 2022, which introduced significantly increased penalties for serious and repeated privacy breaches and greater powers for the OAIC to resolve breaches.